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The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Castleknock

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mrs Plunket

    Castleknock, Co. Dublin

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  2. A Story

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mrs Plunket

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  3. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Plunket

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    “Near Castleknock there was a woman and a man and their son.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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    “There were no clocks long ago and they had to look up at the sun to know the time.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Thomas Plunket

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  6. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  7. Weather

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  8. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mrs Plunket

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  9. Castleknock

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mrs Plunket

    Castleknock, Co. Dublin

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  10. Story

    “There were two neighbours once upon a time.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Plunket

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  11. Fires Long Ago

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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    “Every Sunday an old woman used to go gather sticks in a field near her home.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes

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    “An old man who lived where the church is now, used to go to play cards in a house every Sunday night.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mrs Smith

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  14. The Church

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  15. Olden Times

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunket

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  16. Cures

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunkett

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  17. Story

    “Once there was a minister living here....”

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunkett

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  18. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Kathleen Stokes, Mr Thomas Plunkett

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